The Thompson School District World Languages Teachers' Presentations: CCFLT 2017

Loveland, Colorado

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Found out more how TSD World Languages teachers are integrating the standards:

Thompson School District World Languages Curriculum wiki

Colorado Academic World Languages Standards:

“Knowing how, when, and why to say what to whom.”

Colorado Academic World Languages Standards 2010-our 4 C's

(the 5th C (community) is integrated into the other 4 and in other parts of the document)

1. Communication: Communication in Languages Other Than English

• 1.1 Interpersonal mode:
  • Engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
  • (Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.)
• 1.2 Interpretive mode:
  • Understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
  • (Learners understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.)
• 1.3 Presentational mode:
  • Present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
  • (Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.)

2. Cultures: Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

• 2.1 Cultural practices and perspectives:
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
  • (Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.)
• 2.2 Cultural products and perspectives:
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.
  • (Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.)

3. Connections: Connections with Other Disciplines and Information Acquisition

• 3.1 Connections to other disciplines:
  • Reinforce and further knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
  • (Learners build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.)
• 3.2 Acquiring new information:
  • Acquire information and recognize the distinct viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures.
  • (Learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the language and its cultures.)

4. Comparisons: Comparisons to Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture

• 4.1 Language comparisons:
  • Demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
  • (Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.)
• 4.2 Cultural comparisons:
  • Demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
  • (Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.)